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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21
He Know II.

"Well," he remarked, as he met a
Woodward-avenue grocer, $50 poor II.
has gone to the WALL
"You don't tell me"
"Yes; he can't pay ten cents on the
dollar"
at surprises me, and yet it doesn't
l saw little transaction five years ago
which satisfied me that he would
eventually bring up with sudden
jerk
"What was thatf"
"Why, he bought horse right here
in front Of my store without even ask
ing me 10 look at the animals teeth and
tell his age. Detroit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

AN extraordinary appeal case has
lately been heard in Madras which
puts in evidence the active character of
existing superstitions. 1t seems that
one OF the accused in the original case
gave birth in December last to a male
child having four eyes, the face of a
monkey, and crooked arms and legs,
while it grunted like pig Immediately
on its birth. The midwife placed the
child under a trough and sat upon it,
both she and the mother raising cries
of alarm. The male prisoners then
came and took the child into q field
and killed it by striking it on the head
with a club. Their explanation was
that the child was an evil spirit, which
they wero justified by the custom of
the country in killing in order to pre-
vent it from doing evil. The Judge ac-
quilted them on the ground of a mis-
take of fact. This decision was neces-
sarily upset on appeal. The accused
believed that unless the child had been
killed it would have grown to an inn
mense size and devastated the country,
and that they were therefore commit
ting a meritorious action in obviating
so grave q public calamity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21
Dangers of FonI Air.

If the condensed breath collected on
the cool window pancs of room where
a number of persons has been assembled
be burned, smell as of slnged hair will
show the presence of organic matter, aud
il the condensed breath be allowed to
remain on the windows for a few days,
it will be found, on examination by the
microscope, that 1t is alive with animal
cuig. 1t is the inhalation of air con
tanning such putrescent matter which
causes half Of the sick headaches, which
might be avoided by a circulation OF
fresh air american Aaalyst
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

The gold mines of Australia continue
to bo very productive. Some of them
are moro than 2, 900 feet in depth and
many will be sunk even lower than that
in the near future. This is contrary to
the predictions of old mining experts,
who said many years ago that no gold
would ever be found in Australia at
depth greater than hundred feet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

GEN. BENJAMIN f. BUTLER has for
years been a close student of Shak-
speare. and has q large acquaintance
among Shakspearean scholars. To q
New York correspondent Gen, Butler
said the other day, in relation to Mr..
Donnelly's Shakspearean theories: 81
am very greatly interested in the mat
ter of the authorship of the so-called
Shakespeare plays, and am well ac-
quainted with Mr.. Donnelly. knew
him twenty years ago in Congress, and
have read his books. Long before 1
ever saw him, however, L became thor
oughly convinced that Bacon was the
author of the plays. I am a firm be-
lever in the Baconian theory. The
author oil the plays had access to an
enormous library, and his research into
all languages was amazing. Shak-
speare was low fellow. Bacon says
somewhere that it will all come out
some day. AS Donnelly says, it is
highly probable that Bacon ran a
cipher through his works. He delight.
ed in ciphers and everybody used them
in his day. All messages between
courts were in cipher. 1t is very reason
able to believe that Bacon inserted a
cipher in his play. Everything else
points logically to such a conclusion,
and it remains only to discover the key
to this to establish beyond question
Bacon's claims. You suggest that either
one of the three things must he true:
Q) That Donnelly is right, (2) that he
has made q mistake and is deceived, or
(3) that he is fraud. Now, 1 know
personally that the latter is not the
case. Mr.. Donnelly is perfectly honest.
1 also know that he is too thorough
and careful to make mistake. That
leaves the first suggestion, which is
right. feel full confidence that Mr.,
Donnelly has discovered the true
cipher, and will prove all that he
claims, and that he will establish Ba-
cons undIsputed authorship to the
Shakspearean plays"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

1t is claimed that wild grapevine
growing near the bank of the Saw
ha'e@:s Creek, near Blakely, Ga, is the
IaIsEst known. 1t is twelve inches in
diameter. There is a grapevine that
would give it close rub on a point in
the st. Johns River, near Tocoi, Fla.
1t grows between the roots and twines
among the branches of live oak, the
trunk of which measures eight yards in
circumference.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

Three hundred thousand copies would
be small figure for the number of pic
lures of Mrs. Cleveland sold since the
announcement OF her betrothal to the
President. The fortunate possessors of
early negatives at Buffalo, Albany and
Seneca Falls, N, Y, had monopoly of
the trade at first, chargil $35 a hun
dred for the cabinets, the pictures re-
failing for 80 cents each. Notwith-
standing the competition of tho later
photographers the prices hold firm, and
the market is active and growing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

1t is asserted that it is not an unusual
thing for women who frequently go back
and forth between Canada and the
United States, along the border of the
Ontario peninsula, to wear smuggling
bag. The contrivance is suspended
from the waist reaches within few
inches of the hem of the skirt, and will
hold almost as much as furniture van.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

1t is expected that before long prac-
tical test of one of the numerous har-
nesses for the control of Niagara's power,
brought into existence under the stimu.
lus of 800, 600 prize, will receive a
practical test, which will demonstrate
its use or prove it a failure, and give
something further on which to base ar
guments that Niagara contains no great
shakes of available power. An endless
chain, with feathering buckets, was the
invention of a Buffalo man. The rights
for Erie and Niagara counties he sold
for $65, 900. A stock company with
81, 200, 900 capital is to be formed if the
coming test proves successful.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

Western towns which have boom
can appreciate the power of the press.
The people of Tucson, Arizona, buy
5000 copies of their local paper every
month for the purpose of sending it
abroad, and in addithN pay it 5000 a
month pecia&write-ups." The
tow Amar, Col, recently paid the
loo (er 81, 500 for 'write- up" and
izens of Fort Scott, Kansas, have
Spent 81, 600 in advertising the
a. Hutchinson, Kansas, claims to
Se its local paper a bonus of $40, 600
year for remaining alive and kicking,
while Newton, Kansas, pays its paper
5000 year. There is nothing at all
improper in this, as the money is paid
for legitimate advertising. On the con-
trary, it is very creditable to the citi-
zens Of these towns that they thus en-
courage their local papers and at ths
same time benefit themselves.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

The wheat reserves Of Europe iu 1887
are smaller than in any of the last five
years, especially so on the continent.
Great Britain will need to import next
year about 140, 900, 600 bushels wheat,
France, Holland and Belgium 20, 900,
600 each, Italy 1s,OOO,O 600, Germany
100000. The Dominion of Canada,
with deficient wheat crop in Ontario
and Quebec, will require all the surplus
of Manitoba Besides this country,
Russia, Austria, Hungary, Roumania,
British India, Australia, Egypt, Chill
and the Argentine Republic will each
have an export surplus of wheat to sell
in the markets of the world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

Europe, outside of Russia, crowds
244, 100000 of people upon surface
much smaller than that held by our
$4,000, 600, says writer in Frank Les
lies. In all Europe, exclusive Of
Russia, the average of population to
the square mile is 100, and in the Uni
ped States it is 10. For every loaf of
bread that man gets in Europe, there
rs ten times as much struggling as for a
loaf in this country. Bread is dear,
therefore, and humanity Is cheap, in
Europe. Humanity is more highly
rated here, and bread is cheaper.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

Among the recent railway inventions
which have attracted special attention
is what Is termed the anchor brake, to
be used in cases Of emergency. The plan
involved in this case is that of having
an anchor to drop from the rear end Of a
train and engage with the ties.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

Diamond brokers in New York are
psaid to eNn $4,000 year by working
three or four hours day for three or
four days in week, but there are not
ten OF them whose Judgment is conclu-
sive on the jewels. Importers do not
sell directly to jewellers, but through
brokera
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21
lie Says So Himself

THAT must be a man of great mind,
Jack.
why so, Billf'
Because he's always saying I've a
great mind'-to do this and that aud
every other thing. Kentucky STATE
sJ0ifrHl---
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A Pertinent InnnirK.

"Bah Jove, Jawge, you shouldn't in
tewupt 20 fcilah when he's talking.
had bwilliaut idea in me head aud
now I've lost il. It's gone, Jawgen
"Did it die Of loucliue5s, ChollyW-
Chicago Tribune
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

lbs said that five thousand dollars
worth Of timber is daily being cut on
public lands in the Cascade Mountains,
DRAGON.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

THERE is a difference of eighty-one
years in the time which the Jews spent
in Egypt in the account of Exodus aud
that Of osephus, the former making it
q period OF 430 years, and the latter
I'LL.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-21

No subscriptions received for a shorter period
than three months.
Correspondence solicited from all parts of the
country. No notice will be taken Of anonymous
communications,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
street-corner Philosophy.

Somebody has said: when you sec
a man look at his watch and put it back
into his pocket, ask him the time, and
in nine cases out of ten he can not tell
you until he has looked again" That
is fact have experimental with
several men on the street lately-at
the noon hour, too. when every body
is looking at his watch, if he ms one
and in every case the man who had
just been looking hurriedly at his time
piece, when asked the time. had to
look at it again before he could give
answer And did you ever notice how
the man who is always in a hurry looks
at his watch on the least occasion, or
without any occasion at all? For ex-
ample, you and he are having CONVEX
sation. and he will inform you that to-
morrow he will leave town for the East
r,somewhere else, and, while doing
SO, impulsively takes out his watch.
apparently to see if tomorrow is near
at hand or if he has time to wait for it
to arrive. With many persons the act
of taking out tho watch is more a mat
ter of unconscious impulse or habit
than Of deliberate intention. - ch.eayo
Journal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
DEADLY PoiSoNS.
Life-Destroying Substances of Mineral
yeretal,Ie and Animal Origin,

LIfe-Destroying Substances of Mineral,
Vegetable and Animal Origin.
Poisons exist in nature in the mineral
vegetable and animal world. Arsenic
is an instance of the first, strychnine of
the second, the virus of certain serpents
of the third. Those of the vegetable
world are most numerous, and are,
some of them. as violent as any. The
essential principles of tea and coffee
are poisons. and form beautiful crystals.
There are a few. including snake
poisons. that are not used as efficient
medicines. That physician makes
false claim who asks for patronage
mainly on the ground that his remedies
are vegetable. There is no doubt that
many of the best are of mineral origin.
The poison of poison oak, called also
poison sumach (the botanical name of
which is Rhus Toxicodendron) and OF
poison ivy (Rhus Radicans) is particu-
larly troublesome, from the fact that
the slightest handling by susceptible
persons, ignorant of their character
say summer boarders from the
city - gives rise to violent,
burning itching, which is sure
to be communicated to every part of
the body that the sufferer may chance
to touch with his affected hand. The
poison oak is a woody shrub. that
grows to height of three feet or less;
the ivy, vine that climbs ON stone
walls and trees The leaves of both
are trifoliate; that is, they consist of
three leaflets; common ivy has five. 1t
is sufficient protection to avoid every
trifoliate woody plant. 7a
Many poisons originate in chemical
combinations. Thus oxygen and nitro
gen, mechanically combined, consti-
tute the air we breathe; but combined
chemically, in certain proportion,
they form nitrous oxide, or laughing
gas; combined in another proportion,
nitric acid. Fresh meat may be made
poisonous in various ways. The animal
may have fed on noxious plants; or it
may have been sick before being
slaughtered, and the poison may be due
to powerful medicines administered; or
it may have been affected with con-
tagious disease. say, pleuro-pneumonia.
Tainted meat also develops chemically
very violent poison. German sansages
are pre-eminent in this respect
Youths Companion
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
ELEPHANTS AT WORK.
How They Move and Pile Timber ian thu
Lumber Yards of Rangoon.

How They Move and Pile Timber ian the
Lumber Yards of Ransoon.
Lazy and clumsy-looking as the ele-
plant appears in our menageries, where
it is merely an object of curiosity. in
Asia it is as useful an animal as e
horse, and is, indeed. employed in a
greater variety of ways;
There are few, if any. tasks which a
horse can be trusted to perform with
out careful and constant guidance;
whereas the elephant is frequently
given as much independence of action
as a man would have for the same
work This is notably the case in the
lumber yards of Rangoon and Maui
mein, where the entire operat on of
moving and piling the heavy timber is
performed by male elephants without
any special supervision by the keepers.
The logs to be moved are Lakewood,
which is very heavy. They are cut into
lengths of twenty feet. with a diameter
Of perhaps square of about a foot.
An elephant will go to log, kneel
down. thrust his tusks under the mid
die of it, curl his trunk over it, test it
to see that it is evenly balanced, and
then rise with it and easily carry it to
the pile which is being made. Placing
the log carefully on the pile in its
proper place, the sagacious animal will
step back a few PAGES and measure
with his eye to determine whether or
not the log needs pushing one way or
another. 1t will then make any neces-
sary alteration of position. In this
way, without word of command from
its mahout, or driver, it will go on with
its work.
To do any special task, it must, OF
course, be directed by the mahout; but
it is marvellous to see how rapidly this
great creature comprehends its lnstruc-
tons, and how ingeniously it makes
use of its strength. If log too heavy
to be carried is to be moved short
distance, the elephant will bend low,
place his great head against the end Of
the log and then with sudden exer-
ton of strength and weight throw his
body forward and fairly push the log
along; or to move the log any great
distance, he will encircle it with a
chain and drag his load behind him.
As rule, however, the work OF
dragging is done by the female ele-
plants, since. having no tusks. they
can not carry logs as the male ele-
plants do. A man could hardly dis
play more Judgment in the adjustment
of the rope or chain around log nor
could man with his two hands tie or
unite knots more skillfully than do they
with their trunks. John r. Coryeli, ia
St. Nicholas.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
NUMBER 80.
HIS FIRST WALTZ.
The Maiden Effort of a Young Man on
the Light Fantastic.

The Maiden EFFORT OF a Young Man ON
the Light Fantastic.
A popular young business man cob
SIDED the details Of an amusing though
somewhat delicate situation TO re-
porter the other day, and the latter is
making base betrayal of that con-
fideuce in giving the story to the pub
lie, but murder will out at all
came of my not having learned TO
dance" he began. .You see. when
was kid, and the girls sf'fy sisters)
went to dancing-school and were
brought up in the way they should go,
| did not care for such things, and
hooted at the confounded bobbing and
twisting and turning. which even now
seems rather absurd to me. | volun-
tarily left school rather Young and
went into business life. and have since
had neither time nor inclination for
dancing. As the girls grew older. we
had number of little social hops ut
the house, but | always managed to
get away. | never had any desire to
dance until the other evening certain
Young lady. whose black eyes | had
admired from distance for some time,
was present at one of our little gather
ings. usually managed to get out of
the way when the dancing began. but
| was so engaged in conversation with
her that the music had struck up be-
fore I was aware of it. | let the first
dance pass without saying any thing.
but knew my companion was fine
dancer and very fond of the amuse-
ment. think that the first dance was
an .'octogette," or some thing Of that
kind, for there were eight people in it
When that was over the musicians
struck lively jingle which imagined
| recognized. That is a polka, sure.
thought l--now is my. chance. Miss
Blank said, growing rs red as n
tulip, my sisters have often tried to
teach me to dance, but have given IL
up rs a hopeless case. Isis the thing
they are playing waltz or a polka,
or highland fling, or what is
itP' She laughed, but did not an
swer. After this confession resumed:
will you dare venture a turnP She
was only too ready; she evidently did
not know what was before her. l
placed my hand timidly on her side
and grasped her waist In vice-like
grip Then ] began tho polka to the
best of my ability. and. to my horror,
she began to waltz. tried TO waltz,
too, but made dismal failure Of it.
The room was small and overcroded
with dancers. and though our career
was short-lived we managed to come
into collision with almost every couple
on the floor. My sister rescued her
friend, who took the matter rs good
naturally as could be expected with
her torn dress and bumped and
crumpled condition generally. |
sneaked away into outer darkness, and
hereafter will never attempt to initiate
the Heather Chince' by playing a
game that do not understand. ! am
IA fool and / know it. but to have the
| fact intimated one. two and three times
day for week by the members of
ones own family is not at all consol-
ing.-Rochester Posi- Erpress.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
A POWERFUL REMEDY.
why Uncle John Refused to Swallow His
Own Medicine.


Own Medicine.
In the village of o., in Central
New York. lives sharp-tongued old
bachelor whom l have known for
twenty-five years as "Uncle john"
Uncle John is something of a character
Yankee wit and shrewdness He used
to make and vend in an amateurish
way a certain cough mixture. the mer-
its of which he preached to his friends
with great enthusiasm, warranting the
remedy to cure any cold in twenty-four
hours ''or no pay" One of his old
friends. whom we will call Ike. being
afflicted with severe coughing cold,
Uncle John used his best efforts in
argument, persuasion, and finally vehe-
ment and profane scolding, to get him
to try the remedy. But Ike could not
be induced to "chance it." Not long
after this Uncle John caught hard cold
himself, which was accompanied by a
most distressing cough that shook his
poor old frame numerically. 1t did
not, however, prevent his coming
down town and "settin'.' as he
called it. in Ike's market. The cold
hung on for week or more, and the
cough had grown no better. Finally.
one day Ike resolved to brave Uncle
Johns sharp tongue, and tease him a
little about his failure to rid himself of
the cold, and the following dialogue
ensued. You are to understand that
Uncle Johns replies were interrupted
with violent coughing.
.tJohnp''
''What yer want?'
'.Got bad cold, amt YEP"
.'Yes; got the wust ever had'n my
life .
''Hang, on pretty bad, done it?"
ayes; beats all"
Hesitat;ngly: why don't You try
some O. y'r cough med cine you want
ed ter sell mc?"
ii thought mebbe y was fool 'nough
ter ask that question: dyer s'pose
want ter liz, torerer?"- Harper's Mag
0xsne.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-03
MEMORY IN THE BLIND.


Deprived Of sight.
As partial compensation, in the midst
of his many discouragements, the sight
less pupil possesses one vital advantage
over his companions. His memory, ac-
tons and miscellaneous information at
single hearing, acquires both mar
velous alertness and a phenomenal re-
tentive capacity which enable him to
master certain branches of study with
singular ease and rapidity. Deprived
of books and without any very ready
and reliable method of making notes,
he obtains habit, often envied by the
seeing. of appropriating instantaneous
ly any thing addressed to his intellect
through his hearing. Hence the pro-
verbally good memory of the blind
person. His mind is his memorandum
book, always at hand and always open.
To the present writer. who never re-
members having lesson in any thing
read over to him more than twice, moth
ing is more strange and more amusing
than room full of school children, with
fingers crammed in their ears, buzzing
over lesson of three pages for the
fifteenth time. Equally Incompetent
sible is it to see man making a note
of single address, or lady referring
to q shopping list. Such observations
force one to the conclusion that the art
of writing, invaluable as it is, has been
disastrous TO the human memory. Peo-
pie have grown to SO rely on piece of
white paper covered with black
scratches, that If this be lost or mis-
placed, they are reduced almost to the
condition of creatures without intel
lect.
So marked is the advantage of the
blind in this respect as almost to atone
for their extra difficulties in others;
that is. the sightless pupil will acquire
scientific and philosophical studies with
rapidity which will counterbalance
the greater amount Of time demanded
by his less facile methods of writing
out exercises in linguistic and cipher
ing in mathematical branches; so that
in taking the regular course at academy
or university, he will require, all in all,
neither more time nor more labor than
the average student.
OF not less value in after life is this
extraordinarily trained and developed
memory. 1t enables the blind to de-
rive from lectures, conversation and
general reading ten times the benefit of
others, on whose minds single mem
ton of facts and thoughts makes little
or no impression.
Thus the law of compensation is seen
working in all things. making good on
one hand, approximately at least. what
is wanting on the other; not by
the special mysterious interference Of
Providence or other power with natur-
al conditions and processes, for the
benefit of the individual. as many
claim, but through the inevitable Sc
quence of cause and effect, by which
senses and faculties become, through
unusual training. abnormally develop
ed and their value radically enhanced.
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